Total Crime Rate
342.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ropewalk Gardens area has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 106th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ropewalk Gardens (E1 1DD) in the last 12 months was 342.1 per 1,000 residents and was 117.1% higher than the Whitechapel average (157.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 109.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ropewalk Gardens (E1 1DD), the main crime hotspot is near Plumbers Row. Police recorded 231 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Whitechapel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gower'S Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Romford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whitechapel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whitechapel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vine Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Whitechapel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whitechapel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parfett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ropewalk Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Umberston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Romford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hessel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Under investigation |
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